Stories

Today we had the misfortune of getting a puncture in what can only be described as an inconvenient place. On the one side were buffalo, on the other elephants. It was only David and myself in the car so following his lead we began to change the...

The other morning I was thoroughly outsmarted by a pair of baboons well practiced in the art of theft. One started creeping up to the breakfast table in what looked like an unorganized routine raid. No sooner had I stood to chase him away did his...

Morale was soon lifted by a visit from ‘The Grévy’s Zebra Trust’. Their team, including several Obama t-shirt sporting Americans, ensured that at every meal more talking was done than eating. The ongoing drought has seen a huge number of...

Amidst the current drought the birth of the newest member of the Royal Family (below) has been an absolute joy for Save the Elephants’ research team in Samburu. Annabel gave birth to Toto Raj on 15th August 2009. The entire labour and birth was...

The river next to camp remains a beach and the situation is becoming desperate. Any spare time has been spent praying for rain and an end to the ongoing drought. This has included frequent visits to "www.howtoraindance.com"! Monkeys have been...

The past couple of days have revolved around the bleak but necessary task of locating and identifying injured or dead elephants. Recently I travelled to the relatively close Shaba Reserve in search of an elephant that was reported to have a spear in...

Much of the time at camp has been spent continuing the analysis of the tracking collars efficiency and updating the elephant ID files. The work is progressing steadily but given the amount of data to assess and the number of elephants to update, it...

In support of our ongoing collaboration with Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, and Susannah Rouse, we decided to collar another female in the Asian Cities Family. I felt incredibly lucky to be there for my first collaring when KWS vet, Dr. Chege, was...

One part of the ‘Save the Elephants’ organization I was not fully aware of was their educational program until I accompanyed Daniel on one of his many trips to the nearby West Gate Primary. This is a school that ‘Save the Elephants’ is...

This morning began with the camp being invaded by a frequent visitor, Weird Tusk. His left tusk is bent backwards at an unusual angle (not dissimilar to the legs of a cowboy who has ridden too far). After strolling confidently through the camp he...